UK foreign secretary also says Kremlin could extend ambitions to other east European countries in effort ‘recreate the Soviet Union’
- Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates
Liz Truss has accused Russia of “playing a smoke and mirrors game” by pretending to seek peace despite launching an “appalling war” in Ukraine, as Boris Johnson dampened down suggestions that Ukraine could join Nato.
As the conflict neared the end of its third week, Britain’s foreign secretary called it a “serious threat to the global order” and suggested the Kremlin could extend its attention to other eastern European countries in an attempt to “recreate the Soviet Union”.
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